The Green City Movement was started by Plant Publicity Holland in 2002. The Netherlands is a small country with large population density and continuously connecting settlements, where the creation and protection of green areas is therefore a key question. However, the green areas as well as the funding for their maintenance have been steadily shrinking, even if the country has a rich heritage of gardening.
The Hungarian Food Bank Association is a non-profit organization that works to make a link between surplus food and people in need in Hungary in order to help reduce poverty, hunger and malnutrition. The Hungarian Food Bank Association started its work in September 2005, and became a full-fledged member of the European Federation of Food Banks (FEBA) in 2006. Since our foundation: we distributed 42 300 tons of food worth over 67,4 million $ (20,3 billion HUF) to more than 340 000 people in need in partnership with almost 325 non-governmental organizations and municipalities.
The mission of the Smartlab Knowledge Center is to cooperate and support our partners to succeed in their business by its complex, cross-disciplinary and innovative activities based on the R&D competencies of Obuda University. Smartlab also provides its infrastructural assets for educational purposes (in BSc and MSc but primarily on the level of PhD).
The mentoring program is special even when compared to a broad range of its European counterparts. During the six months spent together, the participating design labels, tech businesses and urban development have ample opportunity to learn from each other, as we are well aware that today’s most successful products are most often born from collaborative efforts across these three fields.
Aquincum Incubator is one of the leading startup development centers in Hungary. The incubator was founded by Hungarian and American entrepreneurs, business angels and experts who have launched, managed and successfully exited from a series of startups in Hungary, in Central Europe and in the USA. Our incubator is a unique, structured meeting platform between startups, business angels and competitive business entities.
KÉK is an independent architectural cultural centre operated by young Hungarian architects, artists and civilians. The centre aims to open new perspectives in architectural and urban thinking in Hungary through its fresh, provoking and focused programs, relevant also in international context. This organization is currently the only internationally acknowledged professional platform representing contemporary architecture in Hungary. The activities of KÉK receive intensive local and international attention and acknowledgement.